5 1/4 floppies and even had an acoustic modem. I wrote awful programs
with a zillion goto statements and had tons of fun doing it.
First thing I bought with my first ever paycheck was a sound card for my
moms old 386sx16 that she never ever got to use, and I proceeded to
download Simpson's WAV's from the local BBS's all night long! Oh the
wonders of technology :)
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Monday, October 13, 2003, 6:17:44 PM, you wrote:
b> hey guys, I would like to know of any stories you might want to share about the old days when chatting/computer was just for geeks and the internet was dormant. Here's mine
b> I used a 637 Performa CD mack that came with 300MB of space. Half of that space was taken up by software and the operating system. I had to constantly delete anything i can to save precious
b> space. The coolest game i played on it was Burn Cycle, which i still believe is the coolest game ever. The first time I got internet was AOL 2.6, with a 2.4kbps modem. CHatting was so fun, and
b> that IM sound so catchy. It would take anywhere from 5-10 minutes for my modem to load up a decent page with a fair amount of graphics. I would just walk away for a bit and do something else.
b> When i got my $150 56k modem, things were alot more nicer!
b> Also, I subscribed to computer magazines and used to drool over 150mhz machines.
b> Comparing then to now, I'd say that i've been getting more impatient and greedier. I know thats a bad thing, but I'd rather have it this way, at least with technology!
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